This is the blog of Julie Starr. I write about the news business and consult on newsroom integration and change projects.
I am currently working on...
* Newsroom change management and web-and-print development for Fairfax Media NZ.
* Media liaison for Webstock 2012. It's going to be another great conference: here's the speaker list. Email me if you'd like to interview one of these smart people. (We'll do our best depending on everyone's availability.) julie@allaboutthestory.com.
All Evolving Newsroom
Twitter moves news faster than ever – earthquake ripples
I heard about the 7.8 earthquake in China’s Sichuan province about five hours ago via a colleague on Twitter and retweeted it immediately. Little was known then.
I went out for a few hours and when I got back it was being tweeted by BreakingNewsOn with the news that 900 children were reported buried and at least 109 people killed.
Then I noticed Paul Bradshaw keeping a close eye on the story’s Twitter progress on OnlineJournalismBlog.
Extraordinary how far round the world this story went in such a short time and how much detail and information was added to it along the way.